Freezing fog affecting Monroe; Southeast Michigan

Monroe County was among communities through Southeast Michigan experiencing freezing fog this morning.

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement around 5:30 a.m. advising motorists to drive carefully because of the fog, which occurs when the water droplets that the fog is composed of are “supercooled.” Supercooled water droplets remain in the liquid state until they come into contact with a surface upon which they can freeze, the weather service explains. As a result, any object the freezing fog comes into with will become coated with ice. The same happens with freezing rain or drizzle.

The fog causes reduced visibilities and possible a possible light icing of roadways.

Because temperatures range between zero and 15 degrees below zero in the early morning, the moisture freezes on the roadways particularly on bridges, exit ramps and overpasses.

Freezing fog can reduce visibility to less than a half-mile in some locations, the weather service said.

The freezing fog was expected from the Lake Erie shoreline north into parts of Detroit.

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